Sisters nabbed over 5,900 ecstasy pills from China

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TUOITRENEWS

Authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh Monday initiated criminal proceedings against two sisters caught red handed one day earlier transporting 5,900 ecstasy pills from China, reported Nguoi Lao Dong.

Han Thi Xuan, 42 and Han Thi Nam, 32 from Phu Tho were arrested on May 1 at Mong Cai border.

At the police station, Xuan and Nam admitted to their offense. They said they were working for a Chinese man named Khuan.

Xuan and Khuan had regularly contacted each other when she and her sister were living in China.

Xuan had a visit to her family in Vietnam at the end of last month when she accepted to ship ecstasies for Khuan from Guangdong province in China to Mong Cai city at Quang Ninh for a ‘wage’ of RMB4,000.

Nam was in charge of shipping the cargo from China to Mong Cai.

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